February archives

As a freshman Republican senator looking to shake up state government in Springfield, Steve Rauschenberger was ready to pick his first big fight with Senate GOP leader James "Pate" Philip. Philip had proposed a bill allowing a landfill in his home county of DuPage to avoid paying taxes. Thinking...

Struggling to defuse an explosive controversy that threatens his U.S. Senate campaign, Blair Hull and his ex-wife on Friday allowed the release of their 1998 divorce records revealing that she accused him of being "a violent man" who caused her to fear for her safety. The messy divorce, and its...

Laying the blame for the federal budget deficit at President Bush's feet, Democratic candidates for Illinois' open U.S. Senate seat said they would balance the nation's books by increasing many taxes cut in recent years. At the same time, most of the leading Democratic candidates to replace U.S....